I was born in Nigeria and was raised in a number of countries before settling in
Britain. Like my brothers I have always been interested in writing and started on
my first novel once I had finished my degree and started working in the civil service.
After two years of working in London I decided that I was better suited to a more
academic career and returned to university to do a research degree. Once that was
over I became a teacher. It was a great job. I have worked alongside some fine colleagues
and great students. I would truly recommend teaching as a profession since the rewards
are so diverse and real.

After I secured my first book deal I continued teaching full-time for as long as
possible, before I was forced to scale back on my hours to focus on the writing.
Finally, at the start of 2005, I realised that I could not teach well while devoting
so much time to writing and reluctantly decided to give up on teaching until I had
more time to devote to it.

At the moment I am committed to writing one book a year in the EAGLE series as well
as one book for other projects.

For now, I live in Norfolk with my wife, Carolyn, who runs her own copywriting business,
and two sons.